STATUE OF LİBERTY
The statue of liberty is a huge statue in the middle of New York harbor
It was given to America by the French in 1886
The French gave the statue to America in representing international friendship
Over the years it is become a symbol of freedom and democracy
It was dedicated in 1886 and became a National Monument
in 1926
The statue is a female figure dressed in a row.Holding a stone tablet on one hand and a flaming torch on the right.
On her head she has the crown with seven spikes.There are twenty five windows in her crown
Height from pedestal to torch 46 metres with its pedestal 93 metres
There are 354 stairs to get to the crown.
The copper exterior
turned green due to rain
and it took 25 years.
The statue wears a crown with seven
spikes. This represents the 7
seas and 7 continents of the
world, re-enforcing the universal
concept of liberty.
The Statue holds a tablet in her left
hand. It is a book of law based on the
founding principles of this
nation, a nation based on law.
"Liberty Enlightening the World".
Windows of the crown
represent the heaven's rays of light that
shine over the 7 seas and
continents.
Broken chains of the statue of liberty demonstrates that the Statue is free from slavery and bondage.
The Statue of Liberty actually wears sandals. She is also not standing still. Even though the Statue stands on a pedestal, she is actually walking ahead
moving forward. She is lighting the path to freedom through
peace, not violence. Her footwear also suggests her
stature as a free person
The tablet of the statue holding is
included with the Roman numeral
july 4 1776.This is the day of US declaration of independence
Over 3 million people visits the Statue of Liberty every year
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